“Mr. Carlton gave me a loan, and the strange thing is that I didn’t have to ask him for it. He came to my shed and we started talking, then he asked about your business and I told him what the landlord was threatening to do.” “What would we do without Mr. Carlton?” she repliedContinue reading Abowu District Episode 27
“I don’t understand,” said Florence to Philomena. “I said I can’t borrow Sewa fifty naira.” “You can’t borrow her fifty naira?” They were in the latter’s store and had just discussed her plan to attend the governor’s wife’s birthday party in the latest brocade.
The Holder family was still in shock. Damola was clingy, afraid to be without his mother, Kayinsola had taken time off work to be with her child, and Rotimi was always calling home to make sure his son was fine.